Download or read book An Analysis of Adolescent Suicide thinkers and attempters Utilizing Data from the National Adolescent Student Health Survey written by Angelia Lynn Brunner and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adolescent Suicide written by Paul R. Robbins and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1997-11-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suicide is now the third leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States, and some studies suggest that as many as 75 percent of all teenagers have considered killing themselves. Current research on young people who are suicidal (those who attempt and those who succeed) is discussed in a plain way. Among the wide ranging topics covered are the prevalence of adolescent suicide, racial and gender differences, methods used in the study of suicidal behavior, associated behavioral problems (e.g., drugs and alcohol), psychological profiles, precipitating events for suicide attempts, teenage suicide clusters, the effects of suicide on family and friends, the treatment of suicidal adolescents, and, most importantly, strategies for intervention and prevention.
Download or read book Suicide Among Youth Review of Literature 1900 1967 written by National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factors Contributing to Suicide and Violence written by Julie K. Doidge Huetteman and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating and Treating Adolescent Suicide Attempters written by Anthony Spirito and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emotional, behavioral and cognitive characteristics of adolescents who have attempted suicide. Each chapter opens with a case study vignette from the author's extensive clinical files followed by a summary of the empirical literature. Assessment and treatment practices close each chapter. While suicide is the third largest killer of adolescents, most suicide attempts do not result in death. Therefore the treatment of the suicide attempter following the attempt becomes a significant part of the clinician's work with these adolescents. Moreover, the precursors and behavioral markers for a suicide attempt become important signals for the school counselor, youth worker, or therapist. This book also include assessment measures to use when evaluating an adolescent who has attempted suicide. KEY FEATURES * Includes an outline form of an assessment battery for adolescents who have attempted suicide * Analyzes and discusses treatment and case studies * Presents detailed descriptions of specific therapy techniques useful with adolescents who attempt suicide * Includes succinct reviews of the literature, ways to measure relevant factors related to suicidal behavior, tips for clinicians, and reviews of pertinent assessment measures
Download or read book Adolescent Suicide and Arenas of Comfort written by Sandra M. Martinez and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simmons and colleagues (Simmons and Blyth, 1987; Simmons, Burgeson, Carlton-Ford, and Blyth 1987) developed the arena of comfort theory. Call and Mortimer (2001) employ this theory developing constructs in four comfort arenas: family, peer, school and work. Their findings suggest that supportive, comfortable environments improve an adolescent's mental health and achievement while promoting a greater understanding of adolescent adjustment. In this paper, I extend the notion of comfort arenas by examining suicidal ideation and attempt behavior within the contexts of family and peer comfort arenas. The main premise is that adolescents who have comfort in family and peer arenas are less likely to have suicidal ideation or to attempt it. This study utilizes data from Wave 1 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (1994-1996) to examine variables which pertain to parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent friendships. The results indicate that adolescents with family comfort are less likely to have suicidal ideation. Thus, there is some support for Call and Mortimer's empirical constructs of comfort arenas improving an adolescent's mental health and achievement.
Download or read book Adolescent Suicidal Behavior written by David K. Curran and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987. This comprehensive book addresses the problem of adolescent suicidal behavior in America today. It devotes a great deal of attention to sublethal acts or suicide attempts, rather than committed suicides. This study establishes a progression that discusses the scope and magnitude of the problem and an exploration of the meaning and reasons for adolescent suicide in the individual case.
Download or read book Adolescent Suicide written by Jerry Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Out of Options written by Kate Sofronoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at suicidal and risk-taking behaviour.
Download or read book Contagion of Violence written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past 25 years have seen a major paradigm shift in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the recognition that violence is preventable. Part of this shift has occurred in thinking about why violence occurs, and where intervention points might lie. In exploring the occurrence of violence, researchers have recognized the tendency for violent acts to cluster, to spread from place to place, and to mutate from one type to another. Furthermore, violent acts are often preceded or followed by other violent acts. In the field of public health, such a process has also been seen in the infectious disease model, in which an agent or vector initiates a specific biological pathway leading to symptoms of disease and infectivity. The agent transmits from individual to individual, and levels of the disease in the population above the baseline constitute an epidemic. Although violence does not have a readily observable biological agent as an initiator, it can follow similar epidemiological pathways. On April 30-May 1, 2012, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Global Violence Prevention convened a workshop to explore the contagious nature of violence. Part of the Forum's mandate is to engage in multisectoral, multidirectional dialogue that explores crosscutting, evidence-based approaches to violence prevention, and the Forum has convened four workshops to this point exploring various elements of violence prevention. The workshops are designed to examine such approaches from multiple perspectives and at multiple levels of society. In particular, the workshop on the contagion of violence focused on exploring the epidemiology of the contagion, describing possible processes and mechanisms by which violence is transmitted, examining how contextual factors mitigate or exacerbate the issue. Contagion of Violence: Workshop Summary covers the major topics that arose during the 2-day workshop. It is organized by important elements of the infectious disease model so as to present the contagion of violence in a larger context and in a more compelling and comprehensive way.
Download or read book The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide written by Thomas E. Joiner and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2009 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a theoretical framework for diagnosis and risk assessment of a patient's entry into the world of suicidality, and for the creation of preventive and public-health campaigns aimed at the disorder. The book also provides clinical guidelines for crisis intervention and therapeutic alliances in psychotherapy and suicide prevention.
Download or read book Latina Adolescent Suicide written by Susan M. De Luca and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: This study utilized data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) (Waves I and II) to examine variations in Latina adolescents' level of suicide proclivity as predicted by friendship networks, family support, cultural status and behavioral health (Harris, Mullan, Halpern, Entzel, Tabor, Bearman & Udry, 2008). By examining these correlates of suicide, this study concentrated on two specific objectives set forth by Healthy People 2010: reducing the number of adolescents who experience suicide and reducing the number of future adults who ideate or attempt suicide (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2001). Add Health's stratified cluster design and over-sampling obtained an appropriate number of Latinas (1,618) in the sample. The data include network-level variables to distinguish particular peer group factors that predict suicide. Measures used in this study explored the extent to which cultural status, self-reported parental support, friendship characteristics (reciprocity and suicidal friends) and behavioral health status (depression and substance use) were linked to suicide proclivity (ideations and attempts). Logistic and negative binomial regression analyses were used to observe any predictive or mediating relationships the types of friendships and familial supports had with suicide proclivity. The goal was to ascertain the way in which the cultural status of the Latinas, the type of friends they reported and the level of social support they received from their parents and teachers determined their incidence of suicidal ideation and attempts. Determining the extent to which these factors help account for variation in suicidal thoughts and behaviors will aid in proposing effective strategies for prevention. Empirically-based suicide prevention programs geared specifically for Latinas are important given that these females have higher suicide attempt rates when compared to African American and White teens (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2008). Although the U.S Bureau of the Census does not provide information explicitly regarding Latina adolescents, the Latino population continuing to grow in the U.S. Almost half (48%) of the Latino population comprised of children, preventing suicide among Latina adolescents is essential (CDC, 2006).
Download or read book Adolescent Suicide written by Peter M. Gutierrez and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suicide and suicide attempts among adolescents are significant public health problems. Consequently, identifying at-risk youth in time to provide intervention not only helps to prevent suicides and suicide-related injuries but improves young persons' overall quality of life and increases the chances for healthy and productive lives. Believing that adolescent suicide can be prevented, Gutierrez and Osman have developed a set of tools for assessing suicide risk, designed especially for adolescents. In contrast to the most common assessments that focus solely on risk factors, these tools measure both risk and protective factors in order to predict more accurately the probability of suicide and suicide-related behaviors. This guide is designed to enable nonspecialists as well as professional clinicians, researchers, school psychologists, and other school-based professionals to select appropriate assessment tools and to evaluate the results. Recognized experts in suicidology, both Gutierrez and Osman have published numerous specialized articles. This book synthesizes their work in a manner accessible to all practitioners responsible for identifying and working with at-risk adolescents. Included is an appendix of five assessment tools that can easily be photocopied for repeated use.
Download or read book Adolescent Suicide written by Barry Garfinkel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inform yourself with thorough and accurate knowledge about the incidence of adolescent suicide. Adolescent Suicide serves to correct erroneous conceptions--held by the public and professionals--about the nature of suicidal behavior among the young, thereby promoting the opportunity for more prompt and effective evaluation and management of potentially fatal incidents. In this landmark volume, authorities address the problem of suicide among adolescents, which has emerged in recent years as a significant public health problem. In-depth discussions of the epidemiology and behavioral characteristics of youth who attempt and complete suicide, risk factors, methods of death, circumstances of the suicidal act, and reasons for the dramatic increase in the phenomenon provide social workers, educators, psychologists, and psychiatrists with systematic information that can be used in both prevention and intervention efforts. There is also a wealth of valuable material here on school-based suicide prevention programs, strategies for managing and counseling the relatives, peers, and classmates of individuals who have committed suicide, and coping with suicide in residential treatment centers.
Download or read book Adolescent Development and Acculturation of Latina Suicide Attempters written by Carolina Hausmann-Stabile and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year, approximately 15% of Latina adolescents in the United States attempt suicide (Center for Disease Control [CDC], 2012). Rates of suicide attempts among Latina adolescents have been historically higher than those of their non-Latina counterparts (CDC, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 2003). Familial, cultural and developmental issues have been cited as critical aspects to understand Latina adolescents' suicidal behavior (Zayas, Lester, Cabassa, & Fortuna, 2005). Prior research explaining the high incidence of suicide attempts among Latina teens has focused primarily on familial processes and parent-daughter conflicts (Gulbas, Nolle, Hausmann-Stabile, Kuhlberg, Peña ... Baumann, 2011; Peña, Kuhlberg, Zayas, Bauman, Gulbas ... Nolle, 2011; Zayas, Gulbas, Fedoravicius, & Cabassa, 2010; Zayas, Hausmann-Stabile & Kuhlberg, 2011), and on Latino cultural values that shape the girls' suicidal behavior (Nolle, Gulbas, Kuhlberg, & Zayas, 2012; Zayas & Gulbas, 2012). Although this literature has increased the understanding of this phenomenon, it has not differentiated Latina adolescent suicide attempters from non-attempters. Thus, the question of why so many Latina teens attempt suicide remains unanswered. Acculturation and development have been suggested to be at the core of the adaptation problems of Latina adolescents (Cervantes & Cordova, 2011), and acculturation is a hypothesized precursor of some of their behavioral and mental health problems (De la Rosa, 2002; Gonzales, Knight, Morgan-Lopez, Saenz, & Sirolli, 2002; Rogler, Cortes, & Malgady, 1991). Even though adolescent development and acculturation are hypothesized to be related to the suicide attempts of Latina adolescents (Zayas et al., 2005), the process by which these factors impact suicidal behavior has not been empirically explored. This research project is focused on understanding the role played by adolescent development and acculturation in Latina teens' suicide attempts, illustrating this process and their integration, and the role they play in the girls' suicidal behavior. The conceptual model informing this project is anchored in minority youth development theories suggesting that in addition to the normative developmental challenges that all adolescents face, children of immigrant backgrounds must acculturate to the host society (Phinney, 1990; Smolowski & Bacallao, 2011). This has led researchers (Sam, 2006; Sam & Oppendal, 2003) to theorize that children of immigrant backgrounds' development and acculturation in fact constitute parts of one interdependent process and should be studied simultaneously. Ideally, the study of Latina adolescent suicide attempters' developmental and cultural processes calls for longitudinal research. However, longitudinal studies with suicidal participants are challenging due to the difficulties in engaging and retaining this population (Gibbons, Stirman, Brown, & Beck, 2010). This dissertation attempts a novel solution to this problem by applying an innovative approach used previously in quantitative surveys that compares the personal narratives of teens with and without a history of suicide attempts over time using cross-sectional data. Participants are grouped by age in statistically matched cohorts (early adolescence, middle adolescence, late adolescence), presumably allowing for the analyses of the process of change over time across cohorts. To date, this is the first known attempt to apply this approach to qualitative data. This dissertation is an exploratory secondary analysis of 55 in-depth interviews of adolescent Latinas between the ages of 11 and 19 who attempted suicide compared to 49 interviews of Latina adolescents without a history of suicide attempts. Data for this dissertation were collected between 2005 and 2009 via a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health R01 MH070689 (Zayas, PI). This secondary analysis goes beyond the original grant's aims by shifting the analytic focus from interpersonal dynamics to intrapersonal developmental and acculturation processes, and their relationship to the girls' suicide attempts. By increasing our understanding of the role played by adolescent developmental and acculturative factors on Latinas' suicidal behavior, this dissertation responds to calls by the United Nations (1996), the World Health Organization (2012), the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], 2012), and by the Healthy People 2020 program (DHHS, 2010) to develop research that can help reduce suicide attempts. In addition, it responds to the calls from scientists who ask for theoretical models that integrate the developmental and acculturation changes that children of immigrant backgrounds undergo during adolescence (Garcia Coll & Magnuson, 1997; Laosa, 1997; Sam, 2006; Sam & Oppedal, 2003).
Download or read book Suicide Attempts from Adolescence Into Young Adulthood written by Saras Y. Chung and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the reduction of suicide-related deaths has been a national priority for over a decade (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001) and over $22 million per year (National Institutes of Health, 2015) have been invested to prevent suicide, rates of suicide have not declined (CDC, 2012). In fact, for some groups of adolescents, these rates seem to be on the ride (Wasserman, Cheng, & Jiang, 2005). The ineffectiveness in reducing deaths by suicide despite increased funding and coordinated efforts suggests the need for a new perspective on examining why and how adolescents begin to desire and attempt suicide and how to stop new attempts from occurring. Using an individual-level system dynamics model (Forrester, 1994; Sterman, 2000), this study answers the following research questions: 1. Is there a feedback relationship governing the experience of suicide attempts for adolescents into adulthood? 2. What types of interventions can be used to decrease suicidality across the lifespan? The goal of this study was to understand whether Thomas Joiners interpersonal theory of suicide (IPTS) (Joiner, 2005; Van Orden et al., 2010), when mathematically defined as a system dynamics model, could accurately simulate and predict suicide attempts across time. The model was specified with nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Survey for Adolescent and Adult Health (Add Health) and tested for applicability in understanding differences in suicide attempts by gender and racial subgroups. Modifications to the structure of the model were made leading to a modified theory, the developmental systems model of the interpersonal theory of suicide. Results from experiments on the developmental systems model of IPTS suggest that reducing the duration of depression or increasing the time it takes to build capability to attempt suicide for adolescents can minimize attempts across adolescence and adulthood. Implications for research, policy, and practice are outlined, with an emphasis on future directions for suicide research.
Download or read book Suicide Among Youth written by Cynthia R. Pfeffer and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together ongoing empirical studies on youth suicide from more than 20 international contributors- all of them leaders on this national dilemma. Among the many issues discussed in this text are the psychosocial characteristics of young people who commit suicide; the use of medical examination records in predicting risk factors; the integration of epidemiological data regarding longitudinal, demographic, cross-cultural, and high risk groups; the link between suicide and depression; and family psychopathology, genetics, and life event stress as predictive factors for youth suicide. New studies on the effects of mass media stories on fluctuations in youth suicide are presented, along with research on the disturbing phenomenon of suicide clustering and the role of imitative behavior. And finally, this book analyzed the effectiveness of specific interventions, and suggests future directions and public health approaches to youth suicide preventions. -- from Book Jacket.
